There are only a few days left until the end of the year.

Residents are also filled with the joy of approaching the New Year. Suddenly, word came from the Castle Lord's Mansion that citizens would be registered for all permanent residents. And from next year, becoming a citizen will need to meet the conditions, except for the old people.

Those residents who can no longer live without Liberty City have no opinion. It's so good here, there should always be some requirements.

The lively civil registration begins with almost no conditions: as long as you are willing to stay in Liberty City and intend to protect Liberty City, you can become a citizen of Liberty City.

In less than three days, the City Lord's Mansion had registered 46,000 citizens, not counting the miners in the nearby mines. Francois has already taken people with him, and the final number of citizens should be more than fifty thousand.

That night, Annan went on a trip to the Crystal Lair. While Elias was still asleep, Annan took it upon himself to write her down on parchment. The three-headed drake readily agreed to become a citizen of Liberty City. They were also tricked into bringing their parents and elders with them - they would get 100 gold for each blue dragon they let into Liberty City.

Those who became citizens were only given a piece of parchment with their name, gender, age, and number, and their lives seemed to be the same as before, but it meant that Liberty City was taking its final step towards a full-fledged independent city-state.

The old embassy was turned into a mansion, and the new embassy that could accommodate more emissaries from different countries and territories was built opposite the city lord's palace.

But now Liberty City is still a little "small", about one-tenth the size of Breeze City. This is still the wonder mage tower that occupies a lot of space.

There are no manors in Liberty City, the largest mansion is only a three-story single-family house and a small garden, the largest building is the Mage Tower, then the park, then the city lord's mansion, the crystal lair, etc., and a mansion can accommodate more than 50 households.

This would save them a lot of Arcane Nucleus money.

Annan stayed in the city lord's mansion and didn't go anywhere. During the day, he builds a spell model, prepares a declaration of freedom for the New Year, and meditates at night, and he doesn't look like a warlock.

On the penultimate day of the 1000th year of the Yves Saint Laurent calendar, the Elven Mentor returned.

She went to the City Lord's Mansion first, and then there was an additional 1483-year-old master female elf mage citizen in Free City.

Strangely, Irilandze was older than the entire Montreal Golden Family, but Annan regarded her as a peer, and considered her ancestors to be elders in their hundreds.

The investigation team disappeared, and the nobles still did not come up with anything, except for Free City, the Tatoon Empire, and a few places that began to mobilize their subjects unswervingly.

Annan made contact with Montreal once, and Princess Sails recovered a lot, but her haggard face still looked like she was a teenager old.

The life box handed over to Montreal Hill was also examined by the royal mage, and it contained two souls - Asimov's soul was protected in the outer layer, and the soul of the second prince was sleeping in the inner layer.

No wonder Asimov's soul is always haunted.

On the last day of the 1000th year of Yves Saint Laurent, the Villefranche City presented the first year's Liberté Cup award in the square outside the Lord's Palace:

Focusing on forging, alchemy, and life, the best performing citizen is given an honor: a pure gold trophy.

On behalf of the Dwarf Award for forging, Soruman Bronze Whisker deserves it.

The alchemy prize was won by Michael and asked Annan if he could sell it to no avail and go back to the alchemy room.

The award for Best Warrior will not be given to anyone else, so the same award as for Best Mage is given to the two people who performed best during the expedition with the Mad Dog Grand Duke: Swayne and Henry Burt. The former is the Knight Captain of Olmedo, and the latter is an elite mage who joined Liberty City from the Mage Guild of the Duchy of Montabulllock.

The Druid Award was awarded to Dade. She looked a little caught off guard - no human had ever given an award to a druid. Holding a solid gold trophy in the shape of a sapling, a strange seed germinated in Dade's heart.

The Defender Award was presented to the Guards.

The Expedition prize went to the Hellfires.

Strictly speaking, all the third teams they participated in participated, but there were three teams and only two awards...... They held their breath and kept going.

The Peace Prize Annan was given to the ancestors.

Originally, there was some disagreement on whether to add the ancestors. They think it's an honor, but the Montreal hills may think it's a humiliation...... As a result, the ancestor readily agreed to join in the fun.

Everyone felt that the old ancestor was too good to Annan, so good that their return was far from catching up with the old ancestor's efforts.

"Can I speak?"

The old ancestor smiled and narrowed his eyes, holding the trophy, like an old lady next door: "No one has ever given me such a thing...... It feels very special, and I want to thank you for giving me a different and new life. ”

Perhaps this is the reason why the old ancestor is willing to stay in Liberty City?

Then came the award for Best Interracial. Elimoas was in charge. No matter the importance of Elimoas in Annan's heart, the time he spent following Annan, or his contributions, he was stronger than those orcs of the Timber Wolf Tribe.

Kritalia, Umirs, and Glasti received the award on behalf of their sister.

Finally, there is the Freedom Award: the person who contributed the most in Liberty City.

Annan, who won the Freedom Award, deserves it.

A new day has arrived, and the time to hit the year 1001 in the Yves Saint Laurent calendar.

The first millennial calendar of mankind is over.

On January 1, Annan came to the square to tell the citizens who had packed the square and a few nearby streets about the Declaration of Freedom.

Those old citizens of Starmoon Bay are crying, and those citizens of Liberty City are boiling.

"I want to tell another story from the past."

"That's when I came here, and I didn't know anything, it was Aunt Susan and Uncle Holling who took care of me...... I met many friends. They taught me a lot. Fast and Soluman Copperbeard taught me to be kind to others. Mister Victor taught me how to get along with the nobles of Breeze City, Tasia and Wood taught me that other races are not as rigid as they are rumored, and Elimoas, the blue dragon, gave me the ...... of greed"

The citizens who listened quietly suddenly felt that something was wrong......

"From this moment on, you are great citizens of Liberty City!" Annan suddenly shouted.

"We've done a lot in the year. We have a new home, a new companion, a new inhabitant, and a new wall—"

"But the crisis never went away, the minions of chaos are once again reaching out to the north, and the nobles outside are still fighting for their own interests, not the future of humanity."

Evelyn ran around with the Philosopher's Stone in her hand, looking for angles.

"We're different. We carry the hope that we will do what they can't. ”

"Remember, when the sun rises in the east, it's time for the lighthouse in the west to go out."

……

In the morning of the same day, Annan, the water element, and Klein boarded the merchant ship that was waiting.

Because they could open the portal at any time, and the magic ring, they didn't have anything with them.

Annan told everyone to take care of Lily and Lily, and Lily said to take care of the silly cats, said goodbye to everyone, and set foot on a merchant ship to the south.

On the third floor of the City Lord's Mansion, the little spider in front of the window quietly looked at the merchant ships leaving the port.

(End of chapter)